{"id":54211,"date":"2012-03-08T00:01:14","date_gmt":"2012-03-08T05:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=54211"},"modified":"2012-03-07T22:43:29","modified_gmt":"2012-03-08T03:43:29","slug":"virgo-full-moon-and-a-mercury-rethink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/astro-daily\/virgo-full-moon-and-a-mercury-rethink\/","title":{"rendered":"Virgo Full Moon and a ‘Mercury Rethink’"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few hours from the time this piece publishes, we get the Virgo Full Moon (4:39 am EST). And while you may feel a sense of release as the tension that has been building dissipates, there are other factors that may add their own quirky mental or emotional reactivity for a few days. <\/p>\n

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This is a 90-degree sort for thevmoment of the Virgo Full Moon. It shows minor planets clustered on the mutabe cross within a couple degrees of the Sun and Moon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For one, the Mercury \u2018storm\u2019 phase begins tomorrow into the weekend. The storm phase of the retrograde cycle is the last few days when the movement of Mercury (relative to the Earth) slows down right before the apparent reversal of direction. Mercury, currently in early Aries, will station retrograde on Monday at 2:49 am EST. The two or three days on either side of that change can feel a little funky. <\/p>\n

Or we could call it \u2018rethink\/re-feel mode\u2019. Feel through things again, think them through again, try not to be so conclusive — be circumspect. No need to nail anything down. Besides, you cannot attach an idea to anything but another idea. You might even appreciate this phase if you\u2019re willing to hang loose, leave yourself extra time to get places, and confirm that you heard correctly if something sounds \u2018off\u2019. <\/p>\n

Mercury stationing — whether direct or retrograde — brings out a layer of awareness or understanding that can feel like pulling back a curtain on the obvious. Truly useful information can come your way if you\u2019re open to receiving it \u2013 and no, yelling at your computer, your car or your lover for \u2018acting up\u2019 doesn\u2019t quite count. Along these lines, let your goals be flexible and portable. You may have a different goal every day, but notice if the same one comes up several of the 23 days Mercury is retrograde. Consider that it may be the underlying objective, and remember that Pisces (where Mercury will spend about half the retrograde) wants us to observe. There\u2019s a lot about listening in this Mercury retrograde, too. <\/p>\n

Keep your ears on and know what you don’t know.<\/p>\n

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Given that Mercury is in Aries for the first half of the retrograde, any information may come in the form of a self-discovery — information that benefits you directly, or reveals something about you that’s pivotal. This facet of the retrograde aligns with the positive, healing-oriented side of Mars retrograde in Virgo. Simply thinking of a retrograde as a series of SNAFUs is a cop-out. Handled with patience and curiosity, they\u2019re valuable phases for learning about our inner workings \u2013 so that we can relate to others from increasingly solid ground.<\/p>\n

Also, Mercury in Aries may represent something about our self-concept. This is the sometimes-flexible, sometimes-stuck claymation idea of who we are that we live with and mistakenly identify as our ‘self’. Cconsider your experience of ‘self’ an experiment. Mercury\u2019s retrograde will take us backwards from Aries into Pisces. Pisces is a creative, fluid, experimental sign; we\u2019ll get to take our self-concept back into those fertile waters, swim around a little, and then float with what we learn back out to Aries again.<\/p>\n

But at present, we\u2019re still awash in Full Moon energy — complete with its ability to bring some resolution to any situation that has been stuck in recent weeks. That requires that you see through any sense of impossibility or stalemate, and it also means playing fair. There\u2019s another minor planet square the Full Moon: Ixion, which is conjunct Pholus (\u2018small cause, big effect\u2019) in Sagittarius. Ixion comes with the theme that anyone is capable of anything, and a question of what someone does with a second chance.<\/p>\n

Translation: Really think about what’s ethical. Avoid any negative scenes, or anything that might draw you into acting against your own good (or the highest good), that might compromise your integrity. Look instead for good examples of people who really understand how to work the ideas right and wrong gently and for a practical purpose. In shades of Virgo and Pisces, the sky is telling us to go deeper, and you can do so slowly, gently and with the sensation of integrity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A few hours from the time this piece publishes, we get the Virgo Full Moon (4:39 am EST). And while you may feel a sense of release as the tension that has been building dissipates, there are other factors that may add their own quirky mental or emotional reactivity for a few days. For one, … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7221,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":""},"categories":[1734],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54211"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54211\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}